First Female Flight

ID: 2112 ~ Source: Olenbush, Adrienne Wilkes, interviewed by Susan Monaghan, November 7, 1975, in Waco, Texas, Baylor University Institute for Oral History. View Full Interview (Interview 3)
This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

Adrienne Wilkes Olenbush recalls when her mother was taken up in a plane from Rich Field as a reward for selling the most war bonds in the area.

This file appears in: Rich Field Army Air Base

By Anabel Burke
In the midst of war, some towns stay far removed from the action. For Waco in 1917, this was far from the case. Engineers and workers broke ground for Camp MacArthur training base in July, famously taking up over 10,700 acres of the small Texas…